[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.
- Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1940
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![GENERAL STATISTICS. Area (acres), 2,062. Registrar-General’s estimate of resident population (mid 1940) (see page 5) 5,455 y Number of inhabited houses (end 1940) according to Rate Books, 1,573 ^ Ratable Value ... ... £24,013 Sum represented by Penny Rate (approx.) £93. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR. Total M. Tnve ^ Legitimate 69 33 Births I Illegitimate 4 2 F. 36 » Birth Rate (R.G.) 2 ] 13.3 Still Births 0 0 0 Rate per 1,000 Total (live and still) births Nii Total M F. Deaths ... 68 25 43 Crude Death Rate (R.G.) 12.4 per 1,000 of estimated resident population (Using Areal factor given by R.G., the Adjusted D.R. was 12.0). Maternal Mortality:— Deaths from puerperal causes (childbirth):— Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. Puerperal Sepsis Nil Nil Other Puerperal causes Nil Nil Total Nil Nil (Maternal Mortality rate—all causes — England and Wales 2.16 Infantile Mortality:— Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age 2 Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age:— All Infants per 1,000 live births ... 27.3 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 28.9 Illegitimate ,, illegitimate ,, Nil Deaths from Measles (all ages 0 Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 0 Deaths fronn Diarrhoea (under 2 j^ears of age) 0 Deaths from Cancer (all ages) ... 5](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29118207_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)


